Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1937 the parish of Saint James, Shoreditch, was merged with the parish of Saint Michael, Mark Street, Shoreditch, and the church was demolished. The Shakespeare memorial window was transferred to Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch, but was later destroyed in the Second World War.

Content

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Language/scripts of material:English

System of arrangement:

The records have been sorted into categories which reflect divisions between the different functions and operations of the parish and its administration. Order within these categories reflects chronology.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited by the Vicar, June 1966.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:April to June 2010.

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